Chapter 182 Anti-Corruption Measures

As long as there is a slight will, the emperor Yanjing who wants to make a difference will mention and advocate anti-corruption, but anti-corruption can be big or small, from a historical point of view, it is often thunder and rain, and all major cases involve important ministers or members of the royal family, and in the end it can only be a tiger and a snake, and it will not be resolved.

Of course, it is very easy to win word of mouth among the people to oppose [***] and rectify malpractice for personal gain.

Jia Yidao naturally knew in his heart, and thought, "What tricks is this Zhao Yu playing?" ”

In front of everyone's eyes, Jia Rudao, who was the head of the hundred officials, although he was dissatisfied in his heart, saw me smiling, but his eyes showed an unquestionable color, so he had to say: "The minister has no objection." ”

I nodded and said with a smile: "Very good, with the support of the master and the people here, my confidence is even stronger." Ladies and gentlemen, what I am talking about is not aimed at you, but at the perennial bad habits of our government. I will slowly implement everything that is conducive to the prosperity of our dynasty, which may involve the vested interests of many officials, however, for the sake of the great cause of our dynasty, I hope that everyone will sacrifice their egos and put the overall situation first. Money is something outside the body, and when it reaches a certain level, it is just a number, and life does not bring death or take it. If it is only for the sake of greed for money, it is better to abandon the official and engage in business. The fight against corruption is a long-term and protracted war, and after the treasury is gradually sufficient, I will also increase the salaries of our officials year by year. This time, since I have made up my mind, I will never tolerate all officials who violate the law and discipline, no matter what level of high-ranking officials and nobles, as long as they violate the laws of our dynasty and the code of officials, they will be dealt with according to the law, and I will definitely make my Great Song Dynasty the world clear and cloudless. ”

I paused slightly, looked at the ministers with different expressions, and continued: "After I have reached a consensus with all of you, it is time to move on to the specific affairs. To this end, we plan to set up a Supervision Office, which will be piloted first in Fujian Road, and then promoted nationwide after a period of operation. ”

"The Ombudsman? Is it consistent with the Imperial Court Supervision Imperial Historical Observatory? Ma Tingluan asked.

"There are a lot of similarities, but not exactly the same. Ma Aiqing, according to the order of our dynasty, there are only six imperial historians who supervise the imperial history platform, and their role is to supervise the words and deeds of hundreds of officials, but there are thousands of officials in our dynasty, and the imperial history platform cannot take care of it at all, and the supervision office set up by me will cover the imperial court and all walks of life, so the scale will be several times that of the imperial history platform. ”

"Your Majesty, to which department does this Inspectorate belong to?" Ma Tingluan continued to ask.

"Directly belonging to the royal family, that is, only responsible to me." I looked at Ma Tingluan's surprised eyes and smiled, "Under the whole world, if it is not the king's land, you will never suspect that I will also be corrupt, right?" As for the fight against corruption, we are personally responsible. ”

What I mean is very clear, the wealth of the world is mine, I naturally will not embezzle my own silver, if I let others take care of it, I will not be at ease.

Subsequently, I told the courtiers present about the specific idea of establishing the Office of Inspectors.

"Your Majesty's words are quite reasonable, but the details still need to be carefully thought out and digested." Ma Tingluan said after listening.

I know that the principle of this Supervision Office is very simple, but there are still many problems to really implement it: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Supervision Office, like Yinzhuang, is a new thing, everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones, but as long as the direction is correct, even if we encounter setbacks on the way, we will reach our goal." After the establishment of the Supervision Office, the ensuing Nanya will also be reopened, and the Nanya will only be responsible for hearing cases of official bribery, and will only be responsible to the Criminal Department and the government at all levels. The verdict was based only on the laws of our dynasty and the forthcoming rules for the conduct of officials. ”

Jia Yidao listened carefully, and did not speak, his expressionless face couldn't hide the apprehension in his heart, "Zhao Yu's intentions are too explicit, the previous department decomposition, and the current Supervision Office, are all strengthening the imperial power, and in the long run, it will basically become the monopoly of imperial power." However, Zhao Yu's behavior is all under the guise of the Zhongxing Song Dynasty, and he can't refute it, and it can be seen from the words and deeds of the Queen Mother that the Hou Quan almost unconditionally supports Zhao Yu, if he openly opposes Zhao Yu's change, it is easy to be caught and hit by the imperial power, after all, the surname of the Great Song Dynasty is Zhao, and it is the strong Zhao Yu in charge. ”

Naturally, I can't hear Jia Yidao's heart, but his guess is indeed very correct, I just want to let the imperial power dominate, not because I like to read talents, but because I think that I have 800 years of knowledge, I will be able to make the right decisions for the current situation. What's more, Jia Yidao, who holds the power of the prime minister, is not a virtuous minister, and it is likely to be a stumbling block to my change.

Speaking of this, I suddenly asked, "Chen Wenlong, do you understand the significance of my establishment of the Supervision Office?" ”

Chen Wenlong hurriedly got up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister understands. ”

"That's good, Chen Wenlong will take the order."

Chen Wenlong left his seat and knelt down and said, "Minister Chen Wenlong is waiting for the order." ”

"Chen Aiqing, you will be the first inspector of the Fujian Road Supervision Office."

"The minister took the order. Chen Wenlong, Minister of Thanks, His Majesty Longen. ”

Although the rank of the Supervision Office is not high, it represents the emperor and is not subject to local jurisdiction, so it is stronger than Chen Wenlong's position in the auditor.

"Chen Aiqing, you were born on Fujian Road, so you should know a little bit about the officialdom there."

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has heard of it."

"Well, Chen Aiqing, your great-grandfather once said that talents should be based on integrity, I hope you will remember this, if you are unclean, do not blame me for being ruthless, here I clearly tell you, others are corrupt, according to the law, if you are corrupt, I will not be spared." I glanced at Chen Wenlong, and said in a softened tone, "Of course, I have heard a little about your character, so I entrusted this important task to you. As for the details of Fujian Road and the detailed rules of the authority of the Supervision Office, you will ask Lu Xiufu of the Government Council later, and I have already arranged for Zhao Shunsun to draft the code of conduct for officials, and you will also assist Zhao Aiqing in drafting it together. ”

Chen Wenlong wiped the cold sweat on his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will live up to His Majesty's trust." ”

"Alright, get up. Now I move on to the second thing. Chen Yizhong Chen Aiqing, I remember that during the reign of the first emperor Baoyou, you and Huang Yong, Liu Huang, Lin Zezu, Chen Zong, Zeng Wei and other six people wrote a letter to criticize the palace servant Shi Ding Daquan and were cut down and removed, and Jianchang Army, then known as the Six Gentlemen. Isn't that the thing? ”

When I talked about the Six Gentlemen's book review of Ding Daquan, my eyes subconsciously glanced at Jia Yidao, and I thought to myself, "All reactionaries are paper tigers." That seems to be true, right?

Chen Yizhong said proudly: "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. ”

"Very good, back then, the six of you were not afraid of power and dared to speak out, and I admired it a lot. I intend to publish a publication dedicated to the publication of the announcements of the various ministries and courts of our court, publicizing the movements of the imperial court and the evaluation of some current affairs. To put it simply, its purpose is twofold, one is publicity and publicity, and the other is public opinion building and supervision. ”

Chen Yizhong didn't know why, and asked: "Your Majesty, it's easy to understand the publicity, but public opinion is building momentum and supervision?" But the minister did not know. ”

"The so-called supervision is to publicize the officials who have violated discipline to the public, so that the people know about their crimes and the punishments they have received. For example, when you six gentlemen wrote to the court, if there was such a publication, so that the people of the whole world could know about Ding Daquan's crimes, and also know about your writing, you could get the support of the people, so that the opposition to Ding Daquan would be even greater, and you six gentlemen would not have to fight alone. Ladies and gentlemen, don't underestimate this trend of public opinion, its role is so great that sometimes it even exceeds the sanctions of the law. ”

Chen Yizhong nodded thoughtfully and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

"Chen Aiqing, among the six of you, except for you, who are in important positions, most of the other five are now working in Beijing, you inform them to come to my imperial study tomorrow afternoon, I plan to meet them, and by the way, see if the five of them can take on the important task of publishing this publication."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Lordship."

Among these six gentlemen, Chen Yizhong was the most famous because of his later worship of the prime minister, but he was stained because he took refuge in Jia Nidao. Huang Yong and Liu Huang were quite praised in their lives, and basically left no bad deeds, and there are few records in the history books of the other three. The six gentlemen are all from Taixue, and there should be no problem with the writing, and from the perspective of conduct, there should be no problem except for Chen Yizhong.

Ma Tingluan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked again: "Your Majesty, what is the rule of the central government of this publication?" ”

I knew that these new institutions and departments were not in the original etiquette system, and said with a smile: "The personnel of this publication are not in the imperial court establishment. ”

"Huh? Is this still directly under the royal family? ”